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View usage for: (juːzɜːʳp) Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense usurps, present participle usurping, past tense, past participle usurpedverbIf you say that someone usurps a job, role, title, or position, they take it from someone when they have no right to do this. [formal] Did she usurp his place in his mother's heart? [VERB noun] The Congress wants to reverse the reforms and usurp the power of the presidency. [VERB noun] Synonyms: seize, take over, assume, take More Synonyms of usurp (juːˈzɜːp) verbto seize, take over, or appropriate (land, a throne, etc) without authority Derived forms usurpation (ˌusurˈpation) noun usurpative (uˈsurpative) or usurpatory (uˈsurpatory) adjective Word origin C14: from Old French usurper, from Latin ūsūrpāre to take into use, probably from ūsus use + rapere to seize usurp in American English (juˈsɜrp; juˈzɜrp) verb transitive1. to take or assume (power, a position, property, rights, etc.) and hold in possession by force or without right verb intransitive2. to practice or commit usurpation (on or upon) Derived forms usurper (uˈsurper) noun usurpingly (uˈsurpingly) adverb Word origin ME usurpen < MFr usurper < L usurpare < usus, a use + rapere, to seize: see UNRESOLVED CROSS REFExamples of 'usurp' in a sentenceusurp British English: usurp VERB If you say that someone usurps a job, role, title, or position, they take it from someone when they have no right to do this. Did she usurp his place in his mother's heart? - American English: usurp
- Brazilian Portuguese: usurpar
- Chinese: 篡夺
- European Spanish: usurpar
- French: usurper
- German: an sich reißen
- Italian: usurpare
- Japanese: 奪う
- Korean: 직장 등을 빼앗다
- European Portuguese: usurpar
- Latin American Spanish: usurpar
Definition to seize a position or power without authority Did she usurp his place in his mother's heart? Synonyms take over infringe upon lay hold of Additional synonymsDefinition to take for one's own use without permission Several other newspapers have appropriated the idea. Synonyms seize, take, claim, assume, take over, acquire, confiscate, annex, usurp, impound, pre-empt, commandeer, take possession of, expropriate (formal), arrogateDefinition to claim or seize without justification He arrogated the privilege to himself alone. Synonyms seize, demand, assume, appropriate, presume, usurp, commandeer, expropriate (formal), claim unduly If there is no president, power will be assumed by extremist forces. Synonyms take over, take, appropriate, acquire, seize, hijack, confiscate, wrest, usurp, lay claim to, pre-empt, commandeer, requisition, expropriate (formal), arrogate- usher something in
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Additional synonymsDefinition to take as if by right The soldiers commandeered vehicles in the capital. Synonyms seize, appropriate, hijack, confiscate, requisition, sequester, expropriate (formal), sequestrate She took the bike by the handles before it swerved into the ditch. Synonyms grip, grab, seize, catch, grasp, clutch, get hold of, clasp, take hold of, lay hold of Definition to seize forcibly by violent or unlawful means He has been trying to wrest control from the central government. Synonyms seize, take, win, extract |